Leviticus 14:38

38 the priest shall go out the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.

Leviticus 14:38 in Other Translations

38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:

38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days.

38 the priest will step outside the door and put the house in quarantine for seven days.

38 the priest is to walk out the door and shut the house up for seven days.

38 the priest is to go outside the house to its doorway and quarantine the house for seven days.

Leviticus 14:38 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:38

Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the
house
Thereby signifying that it was not fit to be inhabited, and there standing to see it shut up, as follows: and shut up the house seven days:
to observe what alteration would be made in that time, and which would sooner be discovered in a house uninhabited.

Leviticus 14:38 In-Context

36 The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mold, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house.

37 He is to examine the mold on the walls, and if it has greenish or reddish depressions that appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall,

38 the priest shall go out the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.

39 On the seventh day the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mold has spread on the walls,

40 he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 13:4